title: Preventing Clostridium difficile infections: an executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's elimination guide.
abstract: This article is an executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's Clostridium difficile infection elimination guide. Infection preventionists are encouraged to obtain the original, full-length elimination guide for more thorough coverage of C difficile infection prevention.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biosecurity, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, St. Louis University, MO 63104, USA. rebmannt@slu.edu
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rebmann
authors.forename: Ruth M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Carrico
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*